Main QuestionHow did Stephen join practical service, biblical wisdom, fearless witness, and Christlike mercy?Primary PassagesActs 6-8; Acts 22; Luke 23; Matthew 23.Unforsaken ConclusionStephen served the neglected, proved the Scriptures, resisted no cost, and...
Main QuestionCan a born-again believer act carnally, and does Scripture permit a permanent life surrendered to sin?Primary Passages1 Corinthians 3; Romans 7-8; Galatians 5; 1 John 1-3.Unforsaken ConclusionBelievers can act fleshly and need correction, but grace...
Main QuestionHow did Paul correct a divided and disordered church while grounding every command in the grace of Jesus Christ?Primary PassagesActs 18; 1 Corinthians 1-16; 2 Corinthians 1-13.Unforsaken ConclusionPaul joins firm correction to the cross, resurrection,...
Main QuestionWhom does Isaiah call mute dogs that cannot bark, and how should the warning shape church leadership?Primary PassagesIsaiah 56; Ezekiel 3 and 33; Jeremiah 23; John 10; Acts 20; 2 Timothy 4.Unforsaken ConclusionGod condemns self-serving guardians who...
Main QuestionHow do clean and unclean animals function from Noah through Israel and the New Testament church?Primary PassagesGenesis 7-9; Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14; Mark 7; Acts 10 and 15; Romans 14.Unforsaken ConclusionIsrael's food laws taught covenant...
Main QuestionWhat did the Feast of Unleavened Bread commemorate for Israel, and how does the New Testament apply its imagery to Christ and His church?Primary PassagesExodus 12 and 13, Leviticus 23, Deuteronomy 16, Joshua 5, 2 Chronicles 30, Ezra 6, Luke 22, Acts 2,...
Main QuestionWhat did Jesus mean when He compared the kingdom to leaven hidden in three measures of meal until all was leavened?Primary PassagesMatthew 13, Luke 13 and 17, Genesis 18, Exodus 12, Leviticus 2, 7, and 23, Luke 12, 1 Corinthians 5, and Galatians...
Main QuestionWhat does it mean to honor father and mother through childhood and adulthood, especially when a parent is unbelieving, controlling, neglectful, or abusive?Primary PassagesExodus 20, Deuteronomy 5, Proverbs 1 and 23, Mark 7, Luke 2, John 19, Matthew 10,...
Main QuestionWhat does it mean that the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and how should believers respond when God exposes sin?Primary PassagesJohn 16, Acts 2 and 7, Romans 2 and 8, 2 Corinthians 7, Hebrews 3, Ephesians 4, and 1...
Main QuestionWhat does the mustard seed reveal about the kingdom of God, and how should it be distinguished from Jesus' sayings about mustard-seed faith?Primary PassagesMatthew 13:1-35; Mark 4:21-34; Luke 13:10-21; Ezekiel 17 and 31; Daniel 4; Matthew 17:14-21;...
